MN Opener

[newnew]

Got out in the am: 2 follows on 700Tinsel, 3 follows suick.

[TrophyEyes]

I had a very big fish (pushing 50") follow the third cast of the morning. I thought it was going to be a great day, but only have two solid pike to show for my efforts. The fish was really beat up and had a huge chunk missing from its back. I am heading out tomorrow and am going to focus on the dawgs and suicks.

[pinkfloyd4ever]

1 follow on a suick on my 5th cast, casts 2 and 3 resulted in backlashes too excited that was the only sighting I had all day.

Was out on Bald Eagle, anyone have success out there?

[DriftlessFisher]

Got one in the waining minutes of opener by the launch before we left. It was a 39 incher but cant complain being my first time muskie fishing with actual muskie gear and lures. I am hooked for sure, its such a rush especially in the dark!!!!

[bassmann77]

We just got one small 28" tiger, but it was tagged from the DNR. I filled out the info and should receive the information about the fish. The tag was covered in moss/algae so I would assume it has been on there for awhile. It would be neat to learn they tagged the fish as a fingerling and would be able to see the growth rate of the lake.

[cbrooks]

I manage to fish a few hours today. One fish around 36-40 inches on a magnum bulldog(black orange) lots of follows. Had luck around the weedline(7 to 10 feet range).

[TrophyEyes]

Raised another one on a Purple and Gold Double ten today and a very big pike on a Double Dawg. My arms are sore after two days of tossing the big stuff. It must be the beginning of the season!

[Capt.Blaine]

My muskie fishing partner and I put in 12 hours Saturday. Had 14 follows and boated 2. One small one and a 41".

[SDS]

Saturday 44 on a glider, Sunday 52 on a phantom. Follows on shallow invader, double #8, dawg.

[Koepper08]

Group of four boated 4 muskies on Saturday, all 40+ with the biggest going 46". Put in 17 hours straight and got rewarded for it. I finally got my first one of my life after putting in 20+ days on the water last year without a muskie. Got my second one a couple hours later.

[MuskieJunkie]

Goose egg for me and the two guys I was with. 6am to 3pm on Tonka.

Highlights of the day included, being on Lake Minnetonka with the sun coming up and no other boats or noise around (that was short lived). And rescuing a jetski from a rocky shoreline after it had gotten knocked off it's lift by a 40' boat ripping through the bay. I would have loved to see the owner's face when he got back to the dock and saw his new $10k seadoo tied to his dock with 80 lbs fishing line.

[Shoot2Kill]

That was nice of you to take care of that jetski, nicely done.

Moved alot of fish on Saturday, saw 2 big tankers right before dark. Buddy got a 40" to eat a jailbird weagel boatside...it was awesome. From getting up to going to bed was 20 hours, 17 of those were fishing that day.....wow am I feeling it today!

Sunday was a bust.

This made the early wake up Saturday all worth it!

[porterhouse]

I got two this morning on small bucktails. Inside weed edge. 34" and 30".

Brian

[10,000 Casts]

We had a good morning 5am-10am on Sat, saw some nice fish but none in the net. The best part was trying to get a high 40's to eat in super shallow water but she didn't wan't anything to do with us and she was beat up after spawning. Then we tried a different lake that eve and had a short strike while trolling and saw a couple small fish. We put a fat 41" in the boat Sunday 11am trolling a 13" crank. All in all a good opener.

[thrax]

Nothing for me this weekend. Saw a guy catch a 43 right in front of me, have another connection who had a 44 and 48 hit the boat, and that same guy dumped a huge fish on Saturday that hit boatside in the 8 fishing solo. He unfortunately got the net caught up in a 14in Jake on a trolling rod that wasn't put away and while trying to free the net lost the fish.

Lesson - try to fish with a partner as often as you can and always keep your boat/rods/baits/net as cleaned up as you can. Not the first time I've heard a story like this, won't be the last either.

[fatfinger]

Got a 46" sat around 9:30am. First muskey ever.what fun.hit in a lil bay about 3' from shore in new weed growth on a green dcg.was beat up pretty good with spawning wounds.

[JBonMiltona]

Got a 43" at 9:05am Sat. morning. Hit a smallish slopmaster orange, yellow and black, in 6 1/2 ft in the cabbage.